Family joins forces to open new market

When life gives you lemons, sell them. That’s the mentality at Lambert’s Haymarket South in Abington.

Seth Jacobson

When life gives you lemons, sell them.

That’s the mentality at Lambert’s Haymarket South in Abington.

Brothers Joe and Nick Trubia of Weymouth, along with their mother, Trinka, a Marshfield resident, and cousin Stephen Lambert of Milton, opened the new market on May 1.

“Everything seems to be going great,” Trinka said. “We’re just all trying to get our schedules in order.”

If the name sounds familiar, it is — there are other Lambert’s locations in Pembroke, Dorchester, Brockton, Westwood, Boston and on Cape Cod.

The Trubia brothers, who work for Trubia Construction out of Weymouth, were finding last year that the construction business was slowing down.

At the same time, Stephen was trying to expand the Lambert’s business, so he asked Trinka, a real estate agent, to check out a building in Abington located at 1200 Bedford St. Trinka loved the building, but Stephen said he could not undertake the project alone.

Joe and Nick stepped in, given that they had some time on their hands with construction being slow. Trinka said she could also work part-time at the market.

The family purchased the building, but they still needed to raise money to cover the costs of the purchase and repairs they had made to the building. So, they sold Christmas trees out of the building last year.

And now, customers will find Nick, Joe and Trinka hard at work behind the counters of the market, making specialty sandwiches, homemade taboule, pasta salad, chicken salad, potato salad and other delectable dishes. Trinka’s Godchild, Shelly Langella, of Pembroke, also spends a good deal of time at the market as the deli manager.

The market also offers an array of fruits and vegetables and other grocery items, as well as ready-to-go meals and other tasty treats. And most importantly, it’s all reasonably priced, according to the owners.

“We’re here and we want everyone to know we’re here to stay and provide people with good, quality food and prices in these tough economic times,” Joe said.

Trinka said Stephen goes to the produce market every day to provide the new Lambert’s with quality products.

“Everything’s fresh every day,” she said. “And we have deals all the time.”

Trinka said Lambert’s Haymarket South has no problem catering parties if called ahead of time, noting during Memorial Day one of the biggest requests from the market was “watermelon boats.”

Joe and Nick still do construction, but most of their time is spent at the market. Trinka, likewise, still does real estate one day per week, but spends most of her time working with her sons.

“None of us minds working hard,” Trinka said. “I raised my boys with a good work ethic.”

“You have to take a chance to succeed,” Nick added, noting the atmosphere in the market is a lot of fun to work in.

“It’s a lot different than construction,” Joe said. “It’s a lot of hard work. But we’re having a good time doing it.”

For more information, call Lambert’s Haymarket South at (781) 878-1069.